Investigations on changes in 13C/12C ratios of endogenous urinary steroids after pregnenolone administration

Thomas Piper, C. Schlug, Ute Mareck, Wilhelm Schänzer

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Abstract

For the detection of possible misuse of naturally occurring anabolic androgenic steroids like testosterone (T), anti-doping laboratories use a combination of two techniques. One is molecular steroid profiling to evaluate urinary steroid concentrations and normal diagnostic ratios. The other is isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS), in which the 13C/12C ratios of target analytes like T are compared to the 13C/12C ratios of endogenous reference compounds (ERCs). The 13C/12C of the most commonly used ERC, pregnanediol (5β-pregnane-3α,20α-diol, PD), can be influenced by administration of pregnenolone (3β-hydroxy-pregn-5-en-20-one, PREG). Therefore PREG administration bears the potential to circumvent IRMS testing for doping control samples. In order to investigate the influence of PREG on PD and on other urinary excreted steroids administration studies with oral and transdermal application of PREG were carried out. The influence of PREG administration on concentrations and 13C/12C ratios of all investigated target analytes was negligible. Only PD and 5β-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one (3aP) showed significant depletion in both their glucuronidated and sulfated steroids. The results suggest that appropriate alternative ERCs are: 11β-hydroxy-androsterone/etiocholanolone, 5β-pregnane-3α,17,20α-triol, pregn-5-ene-3β,17,20α-triol and cholesterol. Due to its properties to disguise the misuse of anabolic steroids by influencing the 13C/12C ratio of PD, PREG should be considered to be added to the World Anti-Doping Agency list of prohibited substances as a masking agent. Verf.-Referat
OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelRecent advances in doping analysis (19) : Proceedings of the Manfred-Donike-Workshop, 29th Cologne Workshop on Dope Analysis : 13th to 18th February 2011
Herausgeber*innenWilhelm Schänzer, Hans Geyer, A. Gotzmann, Ute Mareck
Seitenumfang1
Herausgeber (Verlag)Sportverlag Strauß
Erscheinungsdatum2011
Seiten112
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2011
VeranstaltungCologne Workshop on Dope Analysis - Köln, Deutschland
Dauer: 13.02.201118.02.2011
Konferenznummer: 29

Fachgebiete und Schlagwörter

  • Biochemie
  • Doping
  • Dopinganalyse
  • Dopingbekämpfung
  • Dopingnachweis
  • Flüssigkeitschromatographie
  • Gaschromatographie
  • Isotop
  • Massenspektrometrie
  • Sportmedizin
  • Steroid
  • Untersuchungsmethode
  • Urinuntersuchung

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